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Monday, 19 October 2015

Film Festivals - Simon Taaffe continues the discussion

I didn't know about the Taiwanese
or Czech & Slovak festivals. (There doesn’t seem to be a web-link to the
Sydney Czech and Slovak screenings, only to Melbourne, which have been and gone. I don’t know whether this represents some
outbreak of ugly factionalism or not.)

There's a good case to be made for the word ‘festival’
changing its meaning or having meanings added. It now means, when preceded
by any nationality and a common noun, a leap in admission or cost in general.
My ‘free’ glass of champagne at The Young
Girls of Rochefort at George Street cinemas cost $10.00. Using a Cinebuzz pass, it would have been a hefty
$17.00.

At the same time, I wouldn't like Palace to
close.

The point about overlapping movies on the one date
is also good. I wonder could one art house multiplex profitably run festivals
all year round, especially now that the national
festivals have expanded into retrospective and
restored prints. Here's a link to demonstrate how big the net will become next
year, Cremorne Orpheum Special
Events. Scroll down to March, May, July 2016, and
on the way see the new Quentin Tarantino in 70mm, along with the Orpheum's
version of cult doubles of Alien+Blade
Runner etc.

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